Yama

In a daze, Ji Qiao seemed to smell the smell of tofu. The white and tender tofu melted in the mouth. It was decorated with fresh shrimp skin, topped with chopped green onion, and then smeared with a few drops of sesame oil. It was so delicious that I couldn't help but drool. .He pursed his lips, tried hard to break free from his indulging dreams, and rushed to his delicious food impatiently, but when Ji Qiao finally opened his eyes, there was only a white ceiling in front of him.

Ji Qiao was stunned for a long time before she fully woke up, and when she turned her head, the signal light of the mobile phone next to the pillow was flickering slightly.

As soon as you open it, a message jumps into your eyes.

Time: 20:1 on January x, 07xx

Sender: Yan Cheng

——I'm on the plane, remember to have breakfast, and call you when I get home.

Ji Qiao blinked, and then remembered that Yan Cheng took the [-] o'clock flight back to City A this morning, so without Yan Cheng, there would be no breakfast and no tofu.

After lying on the bed for another ten minutes, Ji Qiao finally woke up.In fact, he is not a very diligent person, and he likes to sleep. If no one disturbs him, Ji Qiao can sleep from morning till night.

Looking at the weather outside, the sun is not bad, but it is still cold and damp. Ji Qiao didn't intend to have breakfast after washing up. She just took a book and sat on the bed to read it. She flipped through two pages and changed another one.After sitting for half an hour, Ji Qiao got out of bed and planned to catch up with the manuscript.After making a prototype, I was not satisfied, so I kneaded and redrawn, and sketched out a new skeleton, but it didn't feel right.Ji Qiao tinkered there for a long time and gave up.

He stared at the sun outside for a while, and finally got up and rolled up his sleeves and decided to clean the room.

I washed the sheets, wiped the floor, and tidied up the cabinets and under the bed. Except for picking out a pile of garbage from my roommate, the rest of the things were brought in by someone bit by bit in the past few days. Handheld computers, heaters with dehumidification function, lunch boxes with heating function and heat preservation... There are also various design comic magazines.Except for the last stack, Ji Qiao remembered that she had thrown all these things out at that time, and she didn't know when this guy secretly took them back and hid them here.

Ji Qiao stared at them for a while, but they all got stuffed back in one go.

At noon, Ji Qiao's cell phone rang twice, but he didn't answer it right away, so the ringing stopped after a while, and then the call was changed to a text message.

Time: 20:1 on January x, 11xx

Sender: Yan Cheng

——I have arrived in City A. The weather here is nice, but colder than City U.Have you had lunch?Remember to eat.

Ji Qiao put the phone back in her pocket, but she still didn't return it, and went to dry the quilt again.

Ji Qiao's work efficiency is very high, which can be seen from the speed at which he absorbs knowledge, and his vacations have always been well-arranged, at least not wasting time at will, but because of Yan Cheng's troublesome relationship , Ji Qiao's rhythm has been slowed down a lot. He originally planned to make up all the things in the remaining time, but he didn't expect that the person left, and his progress didn't seem to increase much. As for what he did, Ji Qiao turned around and thought about it, but she couldn't figure it out.

After spending two days inexplicably, it was time for him to go home.

Packing a small luggage casually, Ji Qiao pinched the dormitory manager to lock the door, and boarded the car back to Chi's house.

It was only a few days before the Chinese New Year, the streets and alleys could already see a festive atmosphere, Ji Qiao opened the door amidst the festive red.

However, compared to the hustle and bustle outside, there is only an empty living room and cold air here.

Jiang Zhen should be back. Ji Qiao saw her shoes in the shoe cabinet, but she didn't open the door when she heard Ji Qiao outside.Ji Qiao also entered her room, his room was just like when he left, the layout was not much different from the dormitory, except that the things here were covered with a layer of light gray that hadn't been cleaned for a long time.

Ji Qiao tidied up a bit, then went to bed.

In the evening, his cell phone rang, Ji Qiao picked it up and saw that it was Chi Shuxuan.

France encountered a rare heavy snow, and the flight was grounded. She was trapped in Paris and could not move.

Ji Qiao was still very calm, and only asked her to talk to Jiang Zhen by herself, and then hung up the phone.

After a few minutes of sleep, the phone rang again.

Ji Qiao picked it up, and said "Hello" out of impatience, and Yan Cheng's laughing voice came from the other end after a moment's pause.

"I'm gone, who else made you angry?"

Ji Qiao opened her eyes, but didn't answer.

Yan Cheng didn't care, and talked about his recent itinerary and what he saw and heard in City A.

This time grandma didn't accompany him, he went back alone. Mrs. Yan has always advocated traditional culture, so it is naturally a big event at Yan's house during the Chinese New Year.The seven aunts and eight aunts who had no connections on weekdays would not give up such a good opportunity, and they swarmed over early in the morning, making the two-story courtyard crowded and lively every day.

And as Yan Cheng's grandson, he is naturally the key to take care of, and Mrs. Yan has always pampered him, so besides his father and grandfather, he is the one who needs to curry favor with him most in this family.Yan Cheng didn't stay much on weekdays. He knew that although his grandfather didn't like those people very much, he liked the atmosphere of family reunion, so whether he wanted to or not, he tried his best to play the role of a decent grandson.

After a few words with Ji Qiao, Yan Cheng was called away again.

Ji Qiao looked at the screen of the end of the call on the phone, turned over and fell down again.

……

Mrs. Yan had four sons in total, and the eldest died early during his two years as a soldier because the family was too poor to get rid of the pot.Yan Cheng's father, Yan Hongzuo, was third. Yan Cheng also had a second uncle and a younger uncle.

Mrs. Yan did not suffer less back then, and did not read much. After the rain of guns and bullets, she inevitably pampered her second child and old son Xiao Si, who had come with great difficulty. On the contrary, she cared very little for the most promising Yan Hongzuo, presumably. It was also because of this reason that he made up for this bit of guilt on Yan Cheng when he was old. In addition, Yan Cheng's father's two brothers were really not up to date, and the old man couldn't do it even if he wanted to be partial.

On New Year's Eve, three tables of New Year's Eve dinner were set up in Yan's fairly spacious living room to entertain relatives and friends. Before the dinner, the old man asked Yan Cheng if her mother would come.

Yan Cheng said, "She said she didn't feel well, so she might not come." The fact is that he ran away three times, and was rejected all three times. Only Chen Ma came forward and told him to go back.

The old man thought for a while and said, "I'll go and have a look."

Old Mrs. Yan came to invite her personally. No matter how uncomfortable Tan Ying was, she always wanted to see her. Seeing that she looked pretty good, the old Mrs. did not blame her, but cared a few words. Tan Ying answered politely, and they sat opposite After a while, Tan Ying compromised.

"Mother Chen, let me change my clothes."

At the banquet, Yan Cheng was listening to his second aunt talking to him, "...Xiao Cheng, I heard from your second uncle that you did not pass the final exam this time. Are you under too much pressure? A famous school like this It’s good, but it’s inevitable that you will study hard, your grandma is too demanding of you, and the second aunt feels distressed when she sees it.”

Yan Cheng said calmly, "It's okay."

"Actually, if you want to come back to city A, your second aunt can talk to your second uncle and ask him to talk to your grandpa? No. [-] middle school in city A is also very good, it's close to home, and your grandpa won't have to look forward to you so often in the future. Come back, you also know that he doesn't care about so many people in the family, he will only be happy when he sees you.

Yan Cheng raised the corners of his mouth, but didn't answer the sour words, the second aunt spoke again, this time pulling the boy next to her, "A Tao, you are familiar with Xiao Cheng, right? I don’t understand something, so you can exchange information about the school.”

That A Tao was his second aunt's nephew, about the same age as Yan Cheng, and would be brought over to have dinner with him every Chinese New Year and holiday. He attended No. [-] Middle School in City A, which was highly recommended by her second aunt. The school where the second generation of officials and the second generation of rich people gather, who "do not do personnel affairs, but the whole body knows how to show off their wealth, smug beauty, debauchery and comparison".

Before A Tao had time to speak, everyone at the table fell silent. It turned out that the old man brought Tan Ying to the table.

Tan Ying was well-dressed, except that she was a little frail, and she didn't have any sickness on her body. Yan Hongzuo personally pushed his wife away from her seat and let her sit down.She nodded slightly to the people around her, and said, "Sorry, I'm late."

The old man announced the opening of the banquet, so the lively New Year's Eve dinner began.

The atmosphere during the banquet was quite lively. Many people used Tan Ying's body to chat with her, and taught her various secret recipes and good doctors. Two sentences, although the attitude is superficial, but the etiquette is thoughtful, making it impossible to make mistakes.Those who wanted to join the conversation with excuses were also ignored. It can be seen that the old man attaches great importance to this daughter-in-law, even more than his own son.

Since Tanying appeared, the second aunt had talked a lot less, but when someone mentioned that Yan Cheng grew more like his mother, his appearance was getting better and better, and she might be very popular with girls in the future, she couldn't help it anymore.

"Xiaocheng, you don't have a girlfriend now, do you?"

Er Bo said, "It's not a big deal to have a girlfriend, don't be so rigid in your thinking."

The second aunt was dissatisfied, "I didn't say that I can't pay, what I mean is that there is no need to talk about this kind of love in school. Anyway, we will break up after graduation. People like us are definitely not suitable for ordinary families, and how do you know? People don't care about your background."

The uncle's wife laughed, "If you say that, what's going on with the old professor and his wife?"

It was only then that the second aunt realized that she seemed to have said something wrong. Everyone knew that Yan Cheng's grandparents got married in this way, and they had Tan Ying a long time ago, so she cautiously glanced at her sister-in-law.

Tan Ying was not doing well, she was still drinking the soup in small sips, but the old lady said, "He has his own sense of Xiao Cheng's affairs, no matter how much you talk nonsense, it's useless, and there are no special rules in our family. , as long as she is an innocent girl."

As he spoke, he gave Yan Cheng an encouraging look.

After Tan Ying finished her soup, she took the towel handed over by Chen Ma and wiped her hands earnestly. Many of her actions were exactly the same as Grandma Yan's, but she didn't have that friendly smile on her face.

After a while, she said, "What kind of family is a family like us? A lot of things are there if you say they are, and if you don't, they will disappear one day tomorrow. So, don't think highly of yourself. In fact, everyone is the same."

Her non-cold words made the smile on the second aunt's face almost unbearable. On the surface, she seemed to be talking about Yan Cheng's affairs, but the deep meaning was not to describe the current situation of his second uncle in Yan's house. His second aunt couldn't get angry for a long time, and his second uncle cast a look at her that he thought she was talkative.

And Yan Cheng gave the final answer at this time, he said, "I don't have a girlfriend."